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A dozen young men and women stand before a rock face on the outskirts of Islamabad, they take turns climbing up the limestone.

• 15 августа 2016, 16:28

India and Pakistan inched closer Friday to joining a regional security and economic bloc led by Russia and China.

• 27 июня 2016, 15:24

With her arms stretched out and her hands elegantly curved, the young dancer stamps her feet with aplomb, defying prejudice.

• 12 мая 2016, 15:06

Pakistan asks Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond more than 150 years after it was taken from Lahore.

• 10 февраля 2016, 18:41

A rescue operation to pull people from the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory ended after nearly a week, with the death toll at 45 and more than 100 survivors plucked from the debris.

• 10 ноября 2015, 17:27

Rescue crews resumed digging through the rubble of a collapsed factory in Pakistan as officials said they expected to find at least two dozen more bodies, with the death toll standing at 23.

• 06 ноября 2015, 15:51

At least 18 people were killed and 51 injured when the roof of a factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said, with around a hundred more still trapped.

• 05 ноября 2015, 14:27

Desperate survivors appealed for food and blankets after a devastating earthquake killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• 28 октября 2015, 12:00

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged the United States to take Pakistan's side in its long-standing dispute with rival nuclear power India or run the risk of escalating conflict.

• 24 октября 2015, 10:55

At least 11 people were killed and many more wounded when a powerful bomb ripped through a passenger bus in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province.

• 20 октября 2015, 12:31

The hems of his jeans rolled, Rehmat Ali climbs barefoot up a tree to pick the grapes dangling from climbing vines, defying hostile religious injunctions against alcohol to celebrate a wine-making tradition.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:18

Thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they slept.

• 13 октября 2015, 15:06

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned last week's deadly attack on a Pakistani air force base and said Afghanistan will never allow its land to be used against Pakistan.

• 22 сентября 2015, 12:34

Twenty-two suspects have been detained in connection with a deadly attack on a Pakistan air force base claimed by the Taliban.

• 19 сентября 2015, 15:53

Karachi, Pakistan's biggest and most diverse city, was once home to a famous nightclub scene where alcohol flowed freely and luminaries from the world of jazz played to packed crowds eager for a taste of Western culture.

• 11 сентября 2015, 14:39

The lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who was jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden accused the government of deliberately delaying his appeal after the case was adjourned for the sixteenth time.

• 10 сентября 2015, 16:04

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to implement Urdu as the country's official language, replacing English in all communications.

• 09 сентября 2015, 16:05

Pakistan marked the 50th anniversary of its second war with arch-rival India, weeks after the two nuclear powers faced off in some of their deadliest skirmishes for over a decade.

• 07 сентября 2015, 12:34

India and Pakistan aborted rare talks on their festering conflict in Kashmir this weekend under a cloud of recriminations.

• 26 августа 2015, 13:47

Kazakhstan has been put on the map of the world's riskiest sovereign debt by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Really?

• 20 августа 2015, 18:07